Friends of Gary Kreps, PhD

Spring 2025 is the last semester before Gary retires as Distinguished Professor at George Mason University.

Gary has touched so many in academia – research, teaching, and service.

We (students in his last class) hope that you will help us SURPRISE him … with your stories or a ‘fond farewell’ note or a ‘good luck’ for his next chapter (of course, you know he’s got international plans).

We’d greatly appreciate it if you would:

Use the ‘Comments’ below to send Gary your note.
Forward this post to others you know who might want to write a note here.
PLEASE keep this a secret. We want to surprise him the last day of class.

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GMU Department of Communication

We also offer a PhD. in Communication with an emphasis in Health and Strategic Communication.

We are home to many active student organizations, including the nationally-recognized George Mason Forensics Team and the George Mason Debate Team.

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Mason Health Communication PhD

Students receive a strong theoretical and multi-methodological foundation which enables them to examine the critical role communication performs in health promotion, disease prevention, quality of care, risk assessment, and crisis management

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CHRC – GMU

Summary

The Center for Health and Risk Communication (CHRC) provides an important organizational framework for stimulating innovative health and risk communication research collaborations, health promotion intervention projects, and community interventions.

Active research collaborations have been established with leading health and safety scholars across George Mason University and many other national and international research centers. The Department has served as host for several distinguished international health and risk communication scholars who have engaged in collaborative research while at Mason.

Information

Dept. webpages: communication.gmu.edu/research-and-centers/center-for-health-and-risk-communication

Email: hlthcomm@gmu.edu Phone numbers: Communication Office: 703-993-1090; Gary Kreps, PhD: 703-993-1094 Address: Center for Health & Risk Communication George Mason University 4400 University Drive, MS 3D6 Fairfax, VA 22030

About

Health and risk communication are areas of great interest and expertise within the Department of Communication and there are growing research and education programs at Mason in this area. Health and risk communication are important interrelated areas of study and application. Health communication examines the communication processes central to the delivery of health care and promotion of health, including health care provider consumer interactions, informed health care decision making, the provision of social support, the development and implementation of health promotion campaigns, and the uses of media and information technologies within the health care system. Risk communication examines strategic communication of ...

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